Evaluating Biodiversity Metric Response to Forecasted Land Use Change in the Northern Rio Grande Basin

Evaluating Biodiversity Metric Response to Forecasted Land Use Change in the Northern Rio Grande Basin

The effects of future land use change on arid and semi-arid watersheds in the American Southwest have important management implications. Seamless, national-scale land-use-change scenarios for developed land were acquired from the US Environmental Protection Agency Integrated Climate and Land Use Sce...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. Samson, Kenneth G. Boykin, William G. Kepner, Mark C. Andersen, Alexander Fernald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Environments
Subjects:
biodiversity
ecosystem services
land use change
wildlife species
urban growth
deductive habitat models
wildlife habitat
biodiversity metrics
land use scenarios
Rio Grande River
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/5/8/91

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